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SIGNAL LIGHT.

Ne. 269,505. Peteneed Dee. 19, 1882.

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No. 269,505. Patented Dec.19, 1882.

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UNITED STATES JULIUS'PINTSCH, JR., OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

PATENT trice.

SIGNAL-LIGHT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,505, dated'December 19, 1882,

Application filed April 14, 1882.

To all whom it may concern: y

Be` it known that l, JULIUs PINTsoH, Jr., (ofthe firm of' Julius Pintscl1,)a subject ofthe King of Prussia, residing at Berlin, Prussia,

German Empire, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Signal-Lights; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip-ion of the invention, suchas will enable others skilled iu the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of ref erence marked thereon, which form a partof this specification. v-

Figure lisatop view, partly in section,show ing my improvement in signal-lights. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of said signal-light. Fig. 3 is a top view, partly in section,'of` a modification thereof; and Fig.4 isa side view, partly in section, of' said modification.

The'object of this invention is to produce a lantern for use ou buoys, light-houses, or the like, which lautern shall be so constructed that, it' the wind or the motion of the buoy1 should extinguish the illuminating-flames, said flames will be promptly reproduced by a special provision,.whicl1 is the main feature of this invention, and which consists in a separate burner,

. so placed with reference to theilluminatingburners as to reach each of the latter with a alne produced from gas that is fed to this extra burner under extra pressure.

Referring to Figs. l and 2, the letters A A represent the main burners of a signal-light, such as a light used on a buoy,on alight-house, railway-car, or the like. These burners Aare supplied With gas bya pipe, B, which receives its charge from a chamber, D, to which the gas is supplied by a pipe, E, there being a valve, F, between the pipe E and chamber D, the position of which valve is regulated by a diaphragm, G, so that the pressure in the cham- .ber D and the size of the flame of the burners A will always be practically uniform.

So far as described, the parts are not ofthe present invention; but between the burners A, Iplace the igniting-burner H,which receives the gas from a pipe, I, that communicates directly with the pipe E, as shown in Fig. 2. The burner H is screwed into its supporting- (No model.)

socket J, and has a conical perforated lower end, which regulates by its adjustment the amount of' gas admitted to it, and at the upper part the burner H has one or more minute openings, which have the object of' carrying a sharp flame to the gas that escapesfrom the burners A, so that thus the burner H will always keep the burners A ignited, or rather the gas that escapes from thelatter; and should the wind or the motion of the buoy ever cause the ameson the burners A to be extinguished, they will be at once relighted by the gas escapiugfrom the burner H.

It will be noticed that the pipe l, leading` to the burner H, is not regulated by the diaphragm G, but receives the gas, under pressure, without modication,wl1ereas the gas that is admitted to the burners A is regulated to a certain uniform pressure less than the main pressure under which the pipe E admits it, and that therefore the gas escaping from the burner H isunder greater pressure than that which escapes from the burners A. 'lhe igniting-flame escaping from the burner H has the further advantage ot' at least partly illuminating the space between the burners A, and thusintensifying the light that'is produced by the apparatus.

. The modification shown in Figs. 3 and 4 consists simply in illustrating that the burner H is supplied with gas from a pipe, I", While the burners A are supplied" with gas from a pipe, Ex, it being understood that the pipe E7 receives the gas under lower pressure than does the pipe I".

It is not necessary that the burner II should have lateral openings to produce fine separate flames, as it might as well have a slit on burner H, and pipe I, and with a reservoir, D,

and single gas-supply pipe E, supplying the gas to both sets of' burners H and A, but at all times under greater pressure to the burner H than to the burner or burners A, substantially as herein shown and described.

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In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in presence of two Witnesses. JULIUS PINTsoH, JUNIog.

Witnesses:

GEORGE LOUBIER, B. ROL 

